Following the lead of my friend Mike (of Maven’s Movie Vault
of Horror, check him out) and to mark the fact that this blog is two years old
today I am doing a short list of five highs and lows of horror this year.
The Good:
1.
Raw
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I was lucky enough to catch this at Mayhem film
festival and I recommend this movie to everyone, it was hyped up but it
deserved it. An absolutely stunning debut film which was surprisingly funny.
Wonderful acting and a story you actually seen before.
2.
The Conjuring 2
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This one was much scarier than the first in my
opinion (I mean the nun alone!). Some of the CGI work was a bit dodgy but I
think Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga are a fantastic duo who create
characters I don’t tire of watching.
3.
Hush
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I’m a big Mike Flanagan fan (I can’t wait until
the studio sort their messes out & I can finally watch Before I Wake) and
this was no exception. It genuinely kept me on edge throughout, gave me a main
character that was realistic, and there was some good gore as well.
4.
The Shallows
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This one makes the list because it was such a
pleasant surprise to me. I never expect a lot from shark movies and I didn’t
think Blake Lively could hold her own considering she was mostly alone. She
really impressed me though, the film itself was tense, and there was some body
horror which really made me squirm.
5.
Don’t Kill It
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Another Mayhem film takes the last spot as it
was another pleasant surprise of the year. I can’t resist a good comedy horror
as it combines my top two genres and this was hilarious, had great effects and
an interesting plot.
The Bad:
1.
The Forest
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To be honest I had wiped this movie from my mind
until it popped up on Netflix recently. They had one of the scariest settings
in the world and they wasted it in my opinion, Natalie Dormer is capable of
much more.
2.
The Boy
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This film has divided people for sure and I’m
definitely in the ‘no’ camp. The ending spoiled what had been built up for me
and left me with too many questions. Not one I’d bother re-watching.
3.
We Are The Flesh
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One Mayhem watch makes the worst list. This one
felt like it was being weird just for the point of it, I couldn’t follow it and
it didn’t really get good until the very end.
4.
Lights Out
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I liked the short (apart from the actual design
of the monster) but it didn’t expand to a feature well. All the scares were the
same and the ‘twist’ ending was sign-posted from miles away.
5.
The Reef
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There wasn’t another horror movie from this year
that I’ve seen that I particularly disliked so I went with one from 2010 that I
watched for the first time this year. This was the total opposite of The
Shallows; boring characters so I was on the shark’s side and not enough
tension.
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